girls:
88 births since 2013
#5628 (2nd percentile)
boys:
277 births since 2007
#4309 (6th percentile)
overall:
365 births since 2007
#7374 (5th percentile)
The name Linkyn is the #7,374 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 365 recorded births since 2007. This represents the 4.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,309 (6.0% percentile) for all time with 277 births since 2007. For girls, it ranks #5,628 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 88 births since 2013.
Linkyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2007 (2007 for boys and 2013 for girls). Birth data for Linkyn is available in 16 out of the 17 years between 2007 and 2023 (16 years for boys and 9 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Linkyn has been given predominantly to boys, with 75.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 57.9% of babies named Linkyn were boys.
For boys, Linkyn reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #893) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Linkyn ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 39.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Linkyn reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #931) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Linkyn ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 57.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Linkyn".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Linkyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.0% confident that Linkyn is pronounced as LIHNGK-ihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LIHNGK-uhn, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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